A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Manta in Ecuador. Global time and date of event 27/04/16 / 2016-04-27 00:08:13 / April 27, 2016 @ 12:08 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005cdc. Id of event: us10005cdc. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -80.9293 West, latitude -0.6749 South, depth = 10 km. The 3.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:08:13 / 7:08 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Country/countries that might be effected, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sucre, Calceta, Santa Ana (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 40 km (25 miles) from Manta (c. 183 200 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Portoviejo (c. 170 300 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Bahía de Caráquez (c. 37 100 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Jipijapa (c. 35 900 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Montecristi (c. 18 400 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Calceta (c. 17 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days thirty-four, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 37 km NW of Manta, Ecuador.
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